Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations

465. Discrimination.

   NOUN:DISCRIMINATION, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism; nice perception; perception -, appreciation- of difference; estimation [See Measurement]; nicety, refinement; taste [See Taste]; critique, judgment; tact; discernment (intelligence) [See Intelligence. Wisdom]; acuteness, penetration; nuances [F.].
  TIP, pointer, dope [slang]; past performances, record.
   VERB:DISCRIMINATE, distinguish, severalize [obs.]; separate; draw the line, sift; separate -, winnow- the chaff from the wheat; separate the wheat from the tares; separate the sheep from the goats; split hairs.
  estimate (measure) [See Measurement]; tip, tip off, sum up, criticize; know which is which, know what’s what [colloq.], know one’s way about, know a thing or two, know what o’clock it is, know the time of day, have cut one’s eyeteeth, know the ways of the world [all colloq.]; “know a hawk from a handsaw” [Hamlet].
  take into -account, – consideration; give -, allow- due weight to; weigh carefully.
   ADJECTIVE:DISCRIMINATING &c. v.; dioristic or dioristical [obs.], critical, diagnostic, perceptive, discriminative, distinctive; nice, acute.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Il y a fagots et fagots.
2. Rem acu tetigisti.
3. La critique est aisée et l’art est difficile.
4. He could distinguish, and divide A hair ’twixt south and south-west side.—Butler